OK, slightly modified from the Bar thread.

Preferably Intermediate or above. No beginners, please. If there are not enough players interested it won't run, and that's fine too

Host is not playing.

Average of 30 stars per player. Density will be Dense BUT: Universe will be shaped into spokes with a centre hub/cluster of stars of approximately ~60 stars which shall be the equivalent density of Packed. One player per spoke. The arms of the spokes will feel like Normal. Player HWs will be situated somewhere reasonably fairly (ie: central-ish) in their spoke.

Habs on all planets will be centred.

Race MUST be CA. Player designs to taste. (Racial hab need not be centred).

Looking for 6+ players.

Beginner Max Min: Not checked
Slower Tech Advances: Not checked
Accelerated BBS Play: Checked
No Random Events: Not Checked
Computer Players Form Alliances: Undecided
Public Player Scores: Not Checked
Galaxy Clumping: Not Checked

Note the game name: Backstabbing is not considered unethical in this game and is not to be held against any player found to do so. Lying in diplomacy is also not to be considered unethical or held against a player in a future game. ((If there is a unanimous vote against, I will drop this, but I am not keen. There is nothing saying you are obliged to lie and diplomatically cheat.))

Usual cheats disclaimer: Chaff and split fleet OK, everything else banned.

Turns gen 3 days a week from the get go: M-W-F or Tu-Th-Sat, depending on a vote at commencement. Turns will auto gen for the first 20 turns if all players are in. If 2 or more players request, then after 2435 turns will drop to 2 turns a week. Requests for a pause for 1 turn will be considered fairly.

If any player misses 4 turns in a row then the game will go on hold while the host seeks a replacement. Where the host cannot find a replacement within 7 days, the player will be set to inactive. (If you are going to quit the game, please give the host warning and the opportunity to find a replacement player.)

Host will use common-sense when events occur outside the rules. For example, re-gens will usually only be agreed to when there is an issue with Autohost.

Alliances are OK, but no pre-game alliances. Team victory with a team of no more than 2 players is fine.

Victory is last team/player standing. As a last resort, victory goes to the player with the highest score at 2600.

Any interest?

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Shadow Whist wrote on Thu, 03 July 2008 03:27

whats the point of being a CA?

A devastating deterraforming attack?

Now if only I could remember where I've stashed my good ole' CA monster...

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It would be interesting to have a sample universe to testbed with. After all, all-habs-centered galaxies in the shape of a central "hub" + 6 spokes aren't easy to come by.

Also, why not "Public Player Scores"? Perhaps after 50 turns have passed? It would add some spice to the game, IMHO.

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I reckon I might be up for this, but only if the all-CA restriction is dropped. It seems a boring thing to force on us. I can see why you might take CA in such a universe (terraforming attack + point mine of being able to offset your habs but still have all worlds 100%) but I think other races could come out strong too.

It's a shame the host isn't playing though, I like playing in games that contain Soobie, he's as chatty as I am in-game

BTW, a rule stating you can't hold it against someone in a future game, if they lie/backstab in this one, is kinda meaningless But I get your point - it's a no crying rule

[Updated on: Sun, 13 July 2008 00:33]

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Sadly, I really don't have time to play a full on game at the moment. A pity since I have a couple of race design concepts I want to try out.

I'm happy to lift the CA only restriction, but it would be on the proviso of allowing unrestricted CA. CA would lose a fair chunk of it's usually advantages (innate and trading) and it would give good practice at targeting mining ships for others.

JoaT would have the usual no NAS restriction.

I was going to edit the rules to remove the race restriction but it's been too long since I touched it and it's not allowing me to modify it. grrr

Going to start a list of interested players now. Given the change in rules to allow any race, so far the list comprises of 1 person

Revised rules: Any race OK. JoaT has no NAS.

Any interest?

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[Updated on: Mon, 21 July 2008 17:28]

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Agreed. (Although, as you pointed out in a PM, my maths was totally fubar in that post - just about everything I could get wrong, I did get wrong - got the PP points the wrong way around and overestimated the CA savings )

I knew there was a reason I was going to use SD or IS for comparison, not PP. Then I thought "but PP has advantages which are easier to compare"...

[Updated on: Sun, 13 July 2008 05:43]

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[Updated on: Tue, 15 July 2008 14:26]

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joseph wrote on Wed, 16 July 2008 17:05

how I can reuse a specific map/game (so when I do get it to work I can do many testbeds on the same map).

You should back up the initial m & h files, then copy them back when you want to restart.

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m.a@stars wrote on Fri, 18 July 2008 03:57

joseph wrote on Wed, 16 July 2008 17:05 how I can reuse a specific map/game (so when I do get it to work I can do many testbeds on the same map). You should back up the initial m & h files, then copy them back when you want to restart.

Does that allow you to change the race design?

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Adacore wrote on Fri, 18 July 2008 10:15

Does that allow you to change the race design?

Whoops, no.

For that you'll need to create the universe from the command line, using a def file with seeds and all that.

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Sulpholobus wrote on Mon, 21 July 2008 23:24

If you are centering all the habs you could just as easily right shift all the habs to OWW settings. Everyone will then have lots of extra RW points to play with to develop their super race regardless of whether they are CA or not. Sulpholobus.

Interesting thought. Doesn't really adversely impact on PP or CA. But peeps are already working on races with centred habs and that alone does give plenty of points.

[Updated on: Mon, 21 July 2008 17:26]

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